cooking with love and affection…

Cooking, for me, like wine, has been an “acquired taste”. I am not what you would call a natural in the kitchen (like my mother and sister). I have become more confident over the years, though I absolutely need to follow a recipe. Many of the recipes I use have been passed down to me from my mother and grandmother. I also love searching for new recipes in cookbooks, online, and on television.

My fiance loves food, just as much as I do. When we began dating, I realized that I needed to learn how to cook more than just pasta, stir fry, and tacos. Though, he would have been fine living off of those things, I felt embarrassed when he would tell his family that we had eaten pasta for the 3rd time that week. He has been my willing taste-tester over the years, and his honest feedback and support has encouraged me to keep cooking. I cook with love and affection for him…

Adam and I both grew up on the East Coast, but we lived on the West Coast for several years. We recently made another cross-country move from Los Angeles to New York City, and decided to sublet a furnished apartment. The majority of my cooking implements are in our storage unit. I’ve been utilizing what is available to me at our sublet. I have had to learn to be creative with what I have, and the space that is available to me.

Romance is the inspiration for this blog – the art of romancing and wooing my stove to yield delicious creations from my heart; and romancing Adam with some good home cooking. I like to cook when I feel inspired. If I don’t feel like cooking, I don’t, and we go out-to-dinner. I plan to share what I create in the closet-sized kitchen in my New York sublet, maybe some restaurant reviews, a post or two about my cats, and whatever else I feel like!

So sit back and enjoy. Let me know what you think, and I hope that you enjoy yourself here!

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Hi I stumbled upon your blog today and i really like it. I’m interested in the same foods and cooking and I like the look and presentation of your blog. I am thinking about creating one too, and yours is a good example.

just found ya through stumble upon… love the paska bread. it’s so beautiful. i have a recipe for banana bread as well that would rival yours. 😀 it was my grandmother’s and she wrote it down in 1956. i have the original recipe card and it knocks the socks off everyone who tries it. lovely photos. absolutely gorgeous.

I absolutely adore your blog! It was the first blog I came across on Stumble that I couldn’t stop reading. Please keep your project going. You have excellent humor and a sense of practicality that’s so helpful for people like me who have a huge family to feed and a life on the go that’s so hectic the only moments I have to breathe are in the kitchen slaving away so everybody can eat. At least I’m by myself then. Keep up the great work!